Tag Archives: Seattle Mariners

The Arkansas Travelers have signed a player development contract with the Mariners to 2018. With this announcement, it means that the A’s will stay in Midland. So there were three affiliation changes at the AA level this cycle. http://minorleaguesource.com/pdc.html

The Modesto Nuts have signed a player development contract with the Mariners to 2020, but they also purchased a majority stake in the franchise. There are now 5 PDCs that expire at the end of the season at the High A level. I assume … Continue reading →

The Everett AquaSox have extended their player development contract with the Mariners to 2020. Now, 4 of the 22 PDCs at the Short Season A level expire this year. The Northwest League now has their affiliations set for the next two years with no … Continue reading →

The Clinton LumberKings have extended their player development contract with the Mariners to 2018. There are now 7 Low A PDCs that expire at the end of the year. With the recent number of renewals at Low A, I’m wondering if we’re … Continue reading →

It was announced today that Bakersfield and High Desert will be leaving the California League and franchises will be added in Fayetteville, NC (most likely) and Kinston, NC. There has been discussion about this for years and it has finally … Continue reading →

The Bakersfield Blaze have signed a player development contract with the Mariners to 2016. I thought that Bakersfield would end up as a Mariners affiliate, but probably as the last one to sign. But I don’t know the state of … Continue reading →

The Mariners have decided not to keep their Appalachian League team for the 2015 season. Calfee Park has been sold and despite planned upgrades, it would likely not host a team next season. I don’t know if this means the … Continue reading →

The Everett AquaSox have extended their player development contract with the Mariners to 2016. With that, it looks like 15 of the 22 Short-Season A teams have their PDCs expiring at the end of the year. I expect some other … Continue reading →